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MAFFRA
SUGAR BEET MUSEUM
one museum - two sites
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Sugar Beet Museum
Maffra
Victoria
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Robotic Dairy Interpretive Centre
Winnindoo
Victoria
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The
Museum focus: |


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The Interpretive
Centre focus: |
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the
rise, success and eventual end of the sugar beet industry
in Maffra 1896-1948
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pre-European
occupation of the area
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early European
exploration and settlement of central Gippsland
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the Maffra township
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the progress in milking practices from
C19th to today, including Australia's first
robotic dairy
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the development of dairy processing and
products
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the progress in transportation of dairy
products
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current and future directions in the dairy
industry
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Please Note: the Beet
Museum is currently closed while we up-date the displays; opening again in
2008.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
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Entry by group
booking
or on advertised
Public Visitor Days
only
For details
click here |
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Museum Archives: |
- the museum has an extensive collection of
photographs, local history texts and documents held in the Maffra Public Library
- the Maffra Public Library also holds the "Flo
Pearce" document collection
- both these collections are catalogued and may
be viewed during normal library hours
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| The
Maffra museum building: |
- all
that remains of the beet factory is a large brick store beside the Sale Road
railway crossing and the wooden office (see above), which has been moved about
1km from its original location to a site in Macalister Park beside the river
where it has become the main part of the Maffra museum complex
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in 1897, the building originally housed the Manager, his office staff, the
strong room and a weighbridge used to determine the quantity of beet delivered
directly to the factory by local farmers
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The
museum operations: |
- Maffra & District Historical Society Inc
manages the Maffra Sugar Beet Museum on behalf
of the Shire of Wellington and the Winnindoo Dairy Interpretive Centre complex in conjunction with the
Warren family
- the Maffra Museum is open to
the general public during the afternoon of the first Sunday of each month and to
groups by prior arrangement (see below)
- the Winnindoo
Dairy and Interpretive Centre are regularly open to groups only; prior booking is essential; group organisers and/or coach
operators are invited to contact us for details; several open days are held each
year for members of the general public (see above right)
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Donations to the Museum |
- please note: all donations are assessed by
the Acquisition Committee before acceptance in accordance with our collection
guidelines
- a copy of the Museum's Donation Policy may
be obtained by clicking
here
- a copy of the Museum's Deed of Gift form
may be obtained here
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Bookings:
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Maffra Sugar
Beet Museum
we
recommend the "Maffra Coach Package"
Currently suspended during up-grade
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Winnindoo
Robotic Dairy Interpretive Centre
please contact the Centre
direct
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Other queries: |
contact
The Secretary, Maffra & District
Historical Society, PO Box 321, Maffra, Vic 3860
or
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This page was prepared by
Jeremy Hales for the Maffra & District Historical Society and was last
updated on 5/03/2008 |